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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

I'm in the middle of a knitting fest. First, I made a washcloth in cotton, and a little pouch for my grandma's birthday. At the moment, she is still in the hospital.

Late July, she went in for a broken knee (funny story, she was sort of "dancing" on the sidewalk amongst friends, and pouf ! on the floor). On the knee front, everything went ok, but she had a brain attack, and she might have died if she wasn't already hospitalised. She's only starting to recover a bit, walking a bit, but her left hand is shaking a lot. But we are in an hopeful mood (at least, trying !)

I also made a red pouch. The way is worked was like this : I had made the washcloth for grandma. Then DBF's mom talked about Christmas market, and the stall she reserved, and how I should make stuff. So I tried this pouch, in red. And I thought it would be a good idea for grandma, in blue. Note that it only took about 3h max to make each pouch. But I had to rush to finish the blue one in time !!!!

And to make those I have put on hold the pair of fingerless gloves I was making. Yes, I'm still starting loads of stuff at a time.... I can't change ;)

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

I've become a very bad poster indeed.... One post a month???? Well, that doesn't mean I don't craft, but most of my free time is taken by Cityville on Facebook, so you can imagine the disaster.

September is quite cold here in the North of France, and DBF asks for his blanket !!! I made a total of about 50 granny squares, but the problem is crochet is hard on my hands. And making a blanket is sooooo long....

So I started Georgia's afghan. It's a knitted striped and boxes afghan that appeared in the "Friday night knitting club" novels. And of course the pattern is on the web here, and many people on Ravelry have made it already.

Right now there are two options : link the knitted piece and the crochet squares to have a big blanket faster. Or have 2 blankets. I layed down the granny squares on the bed yesterday, and I wasn't fond of the multicoloured patchy look. I'll show DBF, and if he still thinks the granny square blanket is a good idea, I will finish that just for him.

In any case, I think I will need more yarn.... ;)

I also made this little amigurumi guy over here. I wanted to try and make a mascot like character, starting with the legs, and crocheting from bottom to top of the head, all in one piece, except the arms (and the hair). He makes me think of UK cartoon characters. He looks bigger on the picture than in real life, as he's 6cm high. I have another little gurumi in the works, but I have to finish it, so you'll see it later.